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"As prey animals, horses are hypervigilant until they learn they are not in danger. ... Because of their own hypervigilance, veterans with PTSD easily understand and can relate to the trust and hypervigilance in a horse." Read more about Horse Assisted Therapy.

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Welcome to the HARTH Foundation

TASHA Holiday Classic Horse Show Dec 2nd and 3rd at Brazos County Expo Center in Bryan Texas benefiting HARTH Foundation. If you want to see some beautiful Saddlebred horses perform, take a drive out and support the show! For more information, check out their website. TASHA is our partner and a great supporter of the work we do at HARTH Foundation. Please support their horseshow!

HARTH is a Texas non-profit located in Burnet, just NW of Austin on the shores of Lake Buchanan. The Texas Hill Country is the perfect environment to escape the hectic demands of everyday life, and focus on healing and recovery with the horses that are the heartbeat of the HARTH programs. HARTH provides a range of services for each individual by developing a person-centered program that works best for each client. At HARTH, both the horses and the environment in general are an integral part of the therapeutic process.

HARTH Veteran Programs

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.” Spoken by King Henry V in Shakespeare’s The Life of King Henry the Fifth. King Henry was speaking of the shared bond of soldiers and the happiness found in that bond despite the violence of war. The violence of war has not escaped the present battle field but too many veterans have lost that happiness. Veterans face PTSD, depression, anger issues and readjustment issues among a variety of mental health concerns.

All of the programs at HARTH Foundation are offered free to our veterans and active duty service members. These programs are funded entirely by donations and the generosity of our sponsors and supporters.

Why we need your help.

American Psychological Association finds 44% of veterans reported readjustment difficulties after returning from deployments in Iraq and/or Afghanistan and the department of Veterans Affairs concluded that 22 veterans a day commit suicide; a suicide every 65 minutes; CNN article suggests the suicide rate may actually be higher.

The goal of HARTH Foundation, to provide our clients a safe community for healing, requires your support. If you’d like to help support our mission, please donate now!

Meet Our Horses

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Our Programs

How to Help

There are many ways to helpincluding financial donations, horse sponsorships, volunteering, donating supplies and much more. The programs are funded entirely by donations and the generosity of our sponsors and supporters.